[And there was the matter of Dick Turpin. It looked like the same car, except that forever afterwards it seemed able to do 250 miles on a gallon of petrol, ran so quietly that you practically had to put your mouth over the exhaust pipe to see if the engine was firing , and issued its voice-synthesized warnings in a series of exquisite and perfectly-phrased haikus, each one original and apt...<br />Late frost burns the bloom<br />Would a fool not let the belt <br />Restrain the body?<br />...it would say. And,<br />The cherry blossom<br />Tumbles from the highest tree<br />One needs more petrol]